Friday, April 1, 2016

Posted by George Freund on March 30, 2016 ~ hehe there is NO such thing as ...evil ...till satan starts snap~in at yer ass ...than IT's save me God save me !!!

by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. 24 Mar 2016

After
coming under fire from atheist groups for the distribution of free
Bibles, the Delta County School District (DCSD) has approved the
circulation of atheistic, secular and Satanic literature to middle and
high school students.

Several atheist organizations,
including The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), Western Colorado
Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) and the Satanic Temple, applied to
distribute their literature as a challenge to the school district’s
“open forum” policy that allows any group to distribute non-curricular
literature to students, as long as it conforms to policy guidelines.

Kurt
Clay, the Assistant Superintendent of the Delta School District, said
if they are going to make literature for things such as Boy Scouts, 4H
or other organizations available, they have to allow all types of
information to be available to students.

“This is the
other side of that,” explained Kurt Clay, the Assistant Superintendent.
“The policy says we cannot discriminate what is handed out, we just have
to follow the process.”

Certain exceptions exist, and
the materials can’t advocate criminal behavior, violence or drug use,
advertise commercial products, or be pornographic. The School District
has appealed to this policy as a justification for distributing Gideon
Bibles to students on school grounds during class hours.

In
December, 2015, a Delta Middle School student complained about the
offering of Gideon Bibles to students and the Western Colorado Atheist
and Freethinkers said that the distribution of those bibles prompted
their desire to distribute atheist material as well.

The
distribution of the atheistic materials will take place on April 1,
2016. The proponents of the new materials say that they are offering
Delta students an alternative way of thinking.

Some of
the brochures to be offered to students include “Top 10 Public School
State-Church Violations and How to Stop Them,” “What’s Wrong with the
Ten Commandments?” and “The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities.”

Ann Landman with the Western Colorado Atheist and Freethinkers says the issue in play here is freedom of speech.

“Students
are not only getting a lesson about the federal laws and our
constitution, but also a different point of view that you can find
around the world,” Landman contended.

But Western
Colorado Atheist and Freethinkers have said that what they are really
after is a change of policy, to separate religion and schools, and
believe that by handing out provocative literature they will achieve
this end.

The Delta School District has already stated
that they are looking into revising their policy to continue providing
materials that benefit students, but do not include material on religion
or beliefs.